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Bittorrent in particular has the issue that you're not just downloading content (which has some pretty reasonable moral justifications and even a weird sort of
by chc 8y ago
Bittorrent in particular has the issue that you're not just downloading content (which has some pretty reasonable moral justifications and even a weird sort of pseudo-legality in some places), you're also sharing it far and wide (which is pretty hard to justify unless you just categorically reject the legitimacy of copyrights).
- fastball 8y agoUnless you're using a private tracker with a minimum ratio requirement you don't need to seed to download something with bittorrent.
- josho 8y agoIf I bought the DVD and download a copy off torrent. There is a case to be made that this download is not a copyright infringement. So, why should I have a concern about uploading? That is, other people may have fair use claims to the access. So why should I be on the hook for uploading. —yes, I know the position that RIAA takes on this. I just found it interesting seeing this from a different perspective.
- chc 8y agoThis is no defense at all. You can't say "Yes, I knew there was great likelihood it was wrong, but I didn't know it for a fact that it was wrong, so I was actually in the right." It's a bit like punching somebody in the face and then saying, "Well, how was I supposed to know he didn't want to be punched? Some people like to be punched!" If you can circumvent copyright just by not caring whether you have a right to copy, that's essentially the same thing as copyright not existing at all.